• Teacher-Librarian Associations
  
  
• Me Read? No Way!
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/meread/meread.pdf
  A practical guide to improving boys' litearcy skills. - 61 page pdf file.
  
  
• Principal Support: Research from Canada
  http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla63/63obed.htm
  International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions paper by Diane Obeg Associate Professor,
  University of Alberta.
  
  
• Library Research Service: Research and Statistics in Libraries
  http://www.lrs.org/impact.asp
  School Library Impact Studies - Presentations by Keith Curry Lance.
  
  
• Challenging the Gender Divide: Improving iteracy for All
  http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_32/v_32_2_feature.html
  
  
• Boys demonstrate literacy in ways the current curriculum doesn't assess
  http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=962
  
  
• The Summit of School Libraries
  http://www.accessola.com/summit/
  PowerPoint presentations and streaming audio of speeches delivered at the Summit.
  
  
• BC Coaliton for School Libraries
  http://www.bccsl.ca
  • Does your child have a good school library?
  • Printable Page
    
    
• SLiP
  http://www.cla.ca/slip/index.htm
  • Advocacy
  • Standards and Policies
  • School Library Programs
  • Professional Development
  • Research
  • Management
    
    
• White House Conference for School Libraries
  http://www.imls.gov/pubs/whitehouse0602/whitehouse.htm
  Presentations on June 4th, 2002.
  
  
• Ontario School Library Association OSLA
  http://www.accessola.com/osla/
  • Curriculum Links
    • Partners in Action: The Library Resource Centre in The School Curriculum  (1982) - 53 page pdf file (slow to load)
    • Information Literacy: A Framework for Change  (1995)- 18 page pdf file
    • Program Planning and Assessment, Grades 9 to 12 (2000)
      See section under Role of Technology in the Curriculum for reference to School Library programs.
  
  
• Research and Inquiry Support Material for Grade 11 Courses
  http://www.accessola.com/osla/curriculum/grade11_ssr.htm
  PowerPoint presentations and Word and pdf documents to support teachers in teaching of information literacy.
  
  
• The Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada ATLC
  http://www.atlc.ca/

• Students ' Information Literacy Needs in the 21st Century: Competencies for Teacher-Librarians
• To order paper copy: http://www.atlc.ca/Publications/compordf.htm 
  
  
• Library Manifesto Introduction
  http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/2/p2-9905-05-e.html
  The School Library in Teaching and Learning for All
  
  
• 10 Reasons Why the Internet is No Substitute for a Library
  http://www.ala.org/alonline/news/10reasons.html
  Teacher-Librarians read this and use these key points when writing your year's course outlines. Share this article with your administrators.
  
  
• Ten Graces for New Librarians
  http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/albany.html
  An excellent list outlining the philosophy of librarians and their role.

• Are Librarians Really Worth It?
  http://www.ccsd.net/schools/watson/libraryresearch.html
  Facts that support the effectiveness school libraries and school librarians.
  
  
• Bookhounds to Cybersluths
  http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story130805.html
  Librarians say their job as sifters and organizers of knowledge hasn't changed, but how they do that job has.
  
  
• Elementary and Secondary Schools: The Role, Challenges and Financial
  Conditions of School and School Library Resources in Canada
  http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/14/index-e.html
  Share this report with fellow teacher-librarians and administrators.
  
  
• School Libraries That Work!
  http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/printables/downloads/slw_2006.pdf
  A Research Foundation Paper 24 page pdf file.
  
  
• Literacy Partners
  http://www.alsde.edu/general/LiteracyPartners.pdf
  A Principal's Guide to an Effective Library Media Program for the 21st Century by the Alabama school media association.  In PDF format. Some interesting checklists for t-ls.
  
  
• School Library Journal
  http://slj.reviewsnews.com/
  On-line articles, library links, indexes to print journal.
  
  
• Teacher Librarian
  http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/index.html
  The journal for school library professionals.
  • Collaboration: Where does it begin?
    
    
• IP: Services for Libraries
  http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum45.00.00/
  Issues, advocacy, organizing the web articles and web links. (Note: copyright information is for the U.S.)
  
  
• InfoSearcher
  www.infosearcher.com/
  A compilation of reference sites for the cybrarian. Many links and definitions used in the field.
  
  
• Beyond Proficiency: Essentials of a Distinguished Library Media Program
  Lists evaluation of proficiencies of the skills and professionalism required of library media specialist aka teacher-librarians. Use this as a measure of your level  of development in the role.
  
  
• A 12 Point Library/Media Program Checklist for Building Administrators
  http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/checklist.html
  A checklist for administrators of the Library Program. Teacher-Librarians can use this as a checklist to plan their program.
  
  
• Writings and tools for media specialists by Doug Johnson
  http://www.doug-johnson.com
  • What gets measured gets done
    A self-study book to assess your school library and media technology program.
  • Sample Report 31 pdf file
  • Surveys 36 page pdf file
  • Template 31 page pdf file
  • Minnesota Standards for Effective School Library Media Programs
    46 page pdf file
    
    
• LRS School Library Media Impact Studies
  http://www.lrs.org/impact.asp
  Library Research Services studies conducted in Alaska, Colorado, and Pennsylvania in 2000 show that school media libraries and libraries help kids perform better in standardized tests.
  
  
• Colorado Study Documents
  http://www.lrs.org/school_stats.asp
  Summaries, brochures, and order information for the complete study available.
  
  
• Student Learning Through Ohio State Libraries: The Ohio Research
  http://www.oelma.org/studentlearning/default.asp
  
  
• How School Librarians Help Schools Achieve Standards - The Second Colorado Study
  http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/CO/execsumm.pdf
  Eight page pdf format document relating importance of libraries and librarians and media staff in effecting the increase of test scores.
  
  
• Proof of the Power - Fast Facts
  http://lrs.org/documents/fastfacts/164proof.pdf
  Twelve page pdf format document summarizing the importance of libraries and school librarians for improvement in literacy.
  
  
• Powering Achievement: School Library Media Programs Make a Difference
  http://www.lmcsource.com/tech/power/power.htm
  One, five, and fifteen minute PowerPoint slide presentations on school library programs and building literacy.
  
  
• IMPACT for Administrators: A Resource for Evaluating Media and Technology Programs and Personnel 
  http://www.ncwiseowl.org/impact/admin/double.pdf
  An 80 page pdf file outlining the importance of the media and technology programs in school achievement of students.
  
  
• Texas School Libraries
  http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/libraries/
  Documents also available in pdf file
  • Library Learning Environment
  • Curriculum Integration
  • Resources
  • Facilities
    
    
• The Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement.
  http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/colo.html 
  ERIC Digest. Author: Lance, Keith Curry - Summary of the study.
  
  
• New Study Shows Impact of School Libraries, Librarians On Students
  http://www.tcps.k12.md.us/memo/col.html
  Brief summary of the findings for the study.
  
  
• Information Literacy and the Essential School Library
  http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/147
  Active learning requires students to ask the right questions-then to find, evaluate, and use information from a flood of newly accessible resources. Coaching in those skills lies at the heart of a thoughtful and rigorous curriculum, and gives the school library an important new role.
  
  
• Partner in Learning: The School Library Media Center
  http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/toolkits/partnerlearning.htm
  Fact sheet from the ALA.
  
  
• Information Power: Buildiing Partnerships for Learning
  Roles and responsibilities of the the School Library Media Specialist
  
  
• Student Achievement
  http://www.ala.org/aasl/resources/achievement.html
  Selected articles that discuss library and student achievement.
  
  
• No Child Left
  http://nochildleft.com/subscribe.html
  Articles, cartoons, links and free subscription to newsletter about the American No Left Behind bill.
  
• Minnesota Standards for Effective School Library Media Programs
  http://www.memoweb.org/htmlfiles/links.html#standards
  46 pdf file that outlines the standards of the library media program and documentation of improved literacy with strong library support.
  • Library Media Program Report Card
  • PowerPoint presentation
    
    
• Nexus of Knowledge
  http://www.nwrel.org/nwedu/09-01
  The research is clear: When a professionally trained and certified school librarian collaborates with teachers, works with kids one-to-one, teaches information literacy, and reaches out to public libraries, students in her building perform better academically.
  
  
• Harry Potter Editorial Cartoon Collection
  http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/harrypotter/
  Cartoons from U.S.A. papers. Excellent comments on reading, fantasy vs reality!
  
  
• Library Support Staff
  http://librarysupportstaff.com/
  • Library Publications
    An extensive listing of library related publications on the web - journals, library serials/publications, library articles.
    
    
• ERIC Digest
  http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/2001-6-19.html
  List of recent ERIC digests on topics and research in education.
  • The Role of the the School Library Media Specialist in the 21st Century
    
    
• AFT - American Federation of Teachers
  http://www.aft.org/index.htm
  Links to on-line journals.
  • Journals
    
    
• Understanding Information Literacy
  http://www.ed.gov/pubs/UnderLit/index.html
  Article to support the library program.
  
  
• Information Literacy
  http://www.ala.org/aasl/resources/infolit.html
  Links to Information Literacy articles.
  • Position Statement on Appropriate Staffing
  • Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling
  • Position Statement on Resource Based Learning
  • Information Power
    Nine information literacy standards for student learning
     
    
• Media, Research and Technology Curriculum
  http://k12.albemarle.org/technology/it/MRT/MRTCurriculum.pdf
  28 page pdf file of skills by grade.
  • Scope and Sequence Chart
    
    
• Mem Fox
  http://www.memfox.net/
  Click through the pages of her site to hear Mem Fox read from her book "Reading Magic". You will learn about her teaching of the importance of reading 3 books a day to your child to lead your child to literacy.
  
  
• School Library Web Page Award
  http://www.iasl-slo.org/web_winners.html
  Review the winning web pages and the criteria for selection.
  
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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Monday July 24, 2006 10:18 AM